{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-066","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary; U.S.-India air service)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary","authority":"14 C.F.R. § 212.9(d) (Department may require prior approval of a foreign carrier\u0027s charters where its homeland restricts U.S. carriers)","instrument":"Order 2020-6-13, Docket DOT-OST-2007-0125 (June 22, 2020)","title":"In the matter of National Aviation Company of India Limited d/b/a Air India: Order requiring prior approval (statements of authorization) for Air India Third- and Fourth-Freedom charter flights during India\u0027s COVID-19 suspension of scheduled international service","dateIssued":"2020-06-22","effective":"2020-07-22 (\u0022effective 30 days from the service date of this Order\u0022)","end":"until India permitted U.S. carriers reciprocal access (U.S.-India \u0027air bubble\u0027 arrangement, July 2020)","startDate":"2020-07-22","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["Air India"],"clause":"\u0022ACCORDINGLY, 1. We notify National Aviation Company of India Limited d/b/a Air India, in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212.9(d) of the Department\u0027s regulations, that, effective 30 days from the service date of this Order, it shall not perform any Third- and/or Fourth-Freedom charter flights unless the Department has granted it specific authority in the form of a statement of authorization to conduct such charters; 2.... Air India shall file applications for statements of authorization required by paragraph 1 above at least 30 calendar days before the proposed charter flights....\u0022 Recital: \u0022the Department has determined that this situation calls for close scrutiny, on a case-by-case basis, of Air India passenger charter operations until this issue has been satisfactorily resolved.\u0022","enforcement":"49 U.S.C. §§ 41310, 46301; 14 C.F.R. part 212","functions":["TR U.S.-India passenger travel (repatriation charters; business travel; students)","CB employers dependent on India travel and outsourced services","SC"],"notes":"Federal order limiting travel with India in response to India\u0027s COVID-19 ban on scheduled international flights; ecosystem instrument.","sourceUrl":"https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2020-06/India%20Part%20212%20Prior%20Approval%20Order%206-22-20.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200625214720/https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2020-06/India%20Part%20212%20Prior%20Approval%20Order%206-22-20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":161326,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-066","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-066","citation":"U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Order 2020-6-13, Docket DOT-OST-2007-0125 (June 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-066)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-064","AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-065","AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-030","AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-029"]}